Ice Age 3

The street is still covered in a blanket of snow. Even by Swiss standards we have had a lot of the white stuff this year, more than you could shake a stick at. One of my favourite pastimes during the winter is to go down to the Vegetable Bridge, get a hot chocolate and watch people fall over on the ice.

This morning I met up with two good friends, Minty and One Round. Minty had a copy of the International Judging System For Figure Skating so we scored the falls a bit like a skating comeptition. We gave points for artistic impression, choreography and how long they were unconscious. Credit was given for jumps, spins and footwork. Bonus points were given for taking passers by down. One Round emerged as the winner. He selected two mothers with prams, a Rabbi and a convoy from the Graubünden Gay Pride Tandem Touring Club who all went down like Andrew Murray. They simply had no chance, it was very messy. How we laughed. I suppose we could have warned them, but where is the fun in that.

Eventually Minty and One Round had to leave to check in with their parole officer so I went home.